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04-14-2011, 08:11 PM
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| SCALE PERFORMANCE PARTS   Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Cedar Park
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|  1.9 Trail Ready Beadlocks
I didn't have a machine shop, so back in 9/09 I picked up a few oversize steel washers and came up with these rings:  It was a PITA to drill all the holes properly and they were certainly not perfect. It was also a lot of work to get all the screws in and it ate up the wheel to drill extra holes in it. The last issue I had was they they were some sort of galvanized steel and they rusted. Since TR rings are Aluminum I had to do something. So I contacted a local machine shop back in 12/09 and sent him over some detailed drawings. My basic design was that I'd reuse the 6 hole pattern from the Axial wheel/ring to mount the ring to the wheel. 6 holes are drilled through so you can secure them like a normal Axial ring. The other 16 screws are threaded so they can hold screws that you cut off flush with the back. He produced these rings based off my measurements:  They were a massive improvement. Only having to mess with 6 screws again was fantastic and they looked pretty good IMO. BUT ...I still wanted the rings to be better. I wanted slots in them just like the real thing and a valve stem cut out that was a hair wider. I was working with the machinist on that when, unfortunately, had some family medical issues and he all but disappeared. That's when I noticed that the plastic wheels were getting stripped in the hex area because of the power and weight I run. So I decided I wanted new aluminum wheels AND better rings ... and that's when I contacted another shop. I had worked with him in the past on some custom backspaced 1.9 wheels for my little 1.9 comp rig and I was really happy with his work. So, I sent him one of my wheels, a link to the TR wheels online and detailed drawings on what I wanted in a beadlock ring .... and this is what I got back:  The wheels/rings will work with a standard Axial 1.9 stuff as they have the same 6 hole pattern. The extra screw holes are just for threading in "dummy" screws. Wheels are available at Locked Up RC.  Last edited by Locked Up; 08-14-2012 at 09:34 PM. |
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04-14-2011, 09:54 PM
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| Chassis & Tubework Vendor Join Date: May 2006 Location: Portland, OR
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Nice review and I like the your H2...I rock one too  |
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04-17-2011, 11:20 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Austin, TX, USA
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Ordered mine this morning. Can't wait to get 'em! |
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04-20-2011, 10:47 AM
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| SCALE PERFORMANCE PARTS Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Cedar Park
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Post pics when you get them on. |
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04-26-2011, 07:29 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Austin, TX, USA
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